~ Is 61:1-3

Get Involved

Prayer

Awareness & Education

Training

Prevention

Ending and Disrupting the Demand

Rescue

Post-care (aka After-care)

Advocacy

Mentorship

Books & Written Resources

Internships

Movies

Webinars

Other

Prayer

First place to start. (Leadership and Elders, Women’s Group, Men’s Group, Youth, or a dedicated group of individuals that represent multiple departments of you church to commit to pray on God’s leading and wisdom)

Pray on behalf of the victims and survivors and those who work with them. (Law enforcement, mentors, advocates, educators, etc.)

Awareness & Education

Abolition Now – abolitionnow.com (Portland, Oregon)– A resource that links to different organizations doing anti-trafficking work in the Portland area, and what each organization focuses on.

Polaris Project – polarisproject.org (National) – A wealth of information on the issues of Trafficking in all its forms, including statistics and white papers.

Gems-Girls – The Making of a Girl – gems-girls.org (National)– A short video from the perspective of a typical victim and the factors that led her to being trafficked.

Youth curriculum for girls being developed for churches. – Who they are in God, healthy relationships, boundaries (physical and emotional), teaching girls self defense –a.livingston@worldventure.com

Shared Hope International – sharedhope.org – Grades each state on progress to fight sex trafficking. Look up your state’s “report card” and from there start contacting your local state/ county/ city government officials to see what they are doing about this issue. Ask to meet with them and ask how you can help.

Holding a training for men at your church that addresses the issue of sex trafficking and how pornography is a high contributor to the demand of commercial sex trafficking. (Similar to John School; however, in this case, can we, the Church, reach men before they have to mandatorily attend John School.)

Program into your phone and call if you see something suspicious or know of a trafficking situation. They will then connect to the local law enforcement agency to help. Victims can call this number as well, to get help.

Mending The Soul – mendingthesoul.org (National and International) A curriculum for Understanding and Healing Abuse, which is being used in individual healing, one-on-one counseling, and in small group settings.

Consider offering empowerment and confidence building classes for girls ages 11 – 18, that talk about who they are in God, healthy and unhealthy relationships, boundaries and what grooming and recruiting looks like. a.livingston@worldventure.com